A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Excel » Charts and Charting
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

trouble splitting data into separate series



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old October 28th, 2009, 02:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Robert H
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 45
Default trouble splitting data into separate series

I have three colums, one data column, IR and two catagories, circuit
and treatment. I want to have a bar chart with the IR data in the y
axis, Treatment as the X axis with the data in two series, Short and
Long so that Base, Short and Long are presented beside each other
etc. All I can get is everything in one long series all the short
data then all the long data. It seems like this was pretty simple in
2003 but we have
upgraded" to Office 2007 and alot of the norms of charting have been
left in the dust.

The following data has been trimed to simplify...
Circuit Treatment IR
short Base 100.00E+9
short Wet 100.00E+9
short 1Cut 100.00E+9
long Base 100.00E+9
long Wet 100.00E+9
long 1Cut 100.00E+9
  #2  
Old October 28th, 2009, 07:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Jon Peltier[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 386
Default trouble splitting data into separate series

The data isn't arranged optimally for either 2003 or 2007. Here is the
optimal arrangement for both:

Short IR Long IR
Base 100.00E+9 100.00E+9
Wet 100.00E+9 100.00E+9
1Cut 100.00E+9 100.00E+9

select this data and create a clustered column chart.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/



Robert H wrote:
I have three colums, one data column, IR and two catagories, circuit
and treatment. I want to have a bar chart with the IR data in the y
axis, Treatment as the X axis with the data in two series, Short and
Long so that Base, Short and Long are presented beside each other
etc. All I can get is everything in one long series all the short
data then all the long data. It seems like this was pretty simple in
2003 but we have
upgraded" to Office 2007 and alot of the norms of charting have been
left in the dust.

The following data has been trimed to simplify...
Circuit Treatment IR
short Base 100.00E+9
short Wet 100.00E+9
short 1Cut 100.00E+9
long Base 100.00E+9
long Wet 100.00E+9
long 1Cut 100.00E+9

  #3  
Old October 28th, 2009, 08:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Herbert Seidenberg
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,113
Default trouble splitting data into separate series

Excel PivotTable, PivotChart
loves your arrangement.
One-click chart.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/hrtt5iigmdw/10_28_09.xlsx
  #4  
Old October 29th, 2009, 01:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Robert H
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 45
Default trouble splitting data into separate series

Looks like I just needed a kick in the pants. I know I have been
through this before!
Thanks

On Oct 28, 3:34*pm, Jon Peltier wrote:
The data isn't arranged optimally for either 2003 or 2007. Here is the
optimal arrangement for both:

* * * * Short IR * *Long IR
Base * 100.00E+9 * 100.00E+9
Wet * *100.00E+9 * 100.00E+9
1Cut * 100.00E+9 * 100.00E+9

select this data and create a clustered column chart.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.http://peltiertech.com/

Robert H wrote:
I have three colums, one data column, IR and two catagories, circuit
and treatment. *I want to have a bar chart with the IR data in the y
axis, Treatment as the X axis with the data in two series, Short and
Long so that Base, Short and Long are presented beside each other
etc. *All I can get is everything in one long series all the short
data then all the long data. *It seems like this was pretty simple in
2003 but we have
upgraded" to Office 2007 and alot of the norms of charting have been
left in the dust.


The following data has been trimed to simplify...
Circuit * *Treatment * * * * IR
short * * *Base * * 100.00E+9
short * * *Wet * * *100.00E+9
short * * *1Cut * * 100.00E+9
long * * * Base * * 100.00E+9
long * * * Wet * * *100.00E+9
long * * * 1Cut * * 100.00E+9


  #5  
Old October 29th, 2009, 01:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Robert H
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 45
Default trouble splitting data into separate series

I find pivot tables/charts confusing. The data column choices are Sum,
Product Min etc. I just want the actual values but dont see an option
for that. I probably just need to spend some more time "learning"
about them.
Thanks for your sugestion and providing an example
Robert

On Oct 28, 4:26*pm, Herbert Seidenberg
wrote:
Excel PivotTable, PivotChart
loves your arrangement.
One-click chart.http://www.mediafire.com/file/hrtt5iigmdw/10_28_09.xlsx


  #6  
Old October 29th, 2009, 09:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Jon Peltier[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 386
Default trouble splitting data into separate series

If there's only one item that fits into a cell, using average or sum is
the same as the actual value.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/



Robert H wrote:
I find pivot tables/charts confusing. The data column choices are Sum,
Product Min etc. I just want the actual values but dont see an option
for that. I probably just need to spend some more time "learning"
about them.
Thanks for your sugestion and providing an example
Robert

On Oct 28, 4:26 pm, Herbert Seidenberg
wrote:
Excel PivotTable, PivotChart
loves your arrangement.
One-click chart.http://www.mediafire.com/file/hrtt5iigmdw/10_28_09.xlsx


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:53 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.